In Poor Taste”: President’s Office On Sonia Gandhi’s “Poor Thing” Remark

New Delhi:

The Rashtrapati Bhavan today termed comments made by senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on President Droupadi Murmu’s address to parliament as “unfortunate and entirely avoidable”, adding that they were “in poor taste” and have “hurt the dignity of the high office”. This has touched off a fresh war of words between the BJP and the Congress, the principal opposition party. 

Earlier in the day, President Murmu addressed a joint sitting of the Parliament to mark the beginning of the Budget Session. Speaking to reporters after the session, Sonia Gandhi, former Congress chief, said the President looked exhausted after her long customary speech.  

“The President was getting very tired by the end. She could hardly speak, poor thing,” said Mrs Gandhi, a Rajya Sabha member, flanked by her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, both MPs.